KEAEOZ— KH= 



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KE'PeiOI. Perhaps the Tree Creeper, Certhia familiar is, L. Vide 

 S. V. Kt'iiroXoyos. 



Arist. H. A. ix. 17,616 b dpvldiou niKpnv' to fi(U rjdos Bpaa-us, Koi ocKel irepl 

 bfv8pn, Koi i'ari dpnro(f)uyos, rfjv 8f diavoiav ivfiioTos, koi ti)v (pcovrjv e;(fi 

 \aiX7Tpdv, 



The passage contains several birds difficuh to identify. The descrip- 

 tion of Kepdios suggests the Tree Creeper, with which it is usually 

 identified (Belon, Sundevall, &c.), but KvinoXoyos is certainly the Creeper, 

 and the above description is not enough to reveal an indubitable 

 synonym, 



KE'PKAH- Upa$, Hesych. 



KEPKA'Z" Kpe^ TO opvfov, Hesych. 



KEPKIGAArZ, s. K€pKi0aXXis" ipabios, Hesych. 



KEPKl'l" ei8os opveov, Hesych. 



KEPKl'nN, (For a discussion of possible Sk. roots, see Temple, 

 infra cit.). An Indian talking bird. 



Ael. xvi. 3 ; is the size of a starling, particoloured, docile, and learns 

 to speak ; it is impatient of captivity, and gets its name tneibr] 

 Koi avTos diaaelfTai tov oppov, los noiovPTai ol KiyKXoi. In spite of these 

 two discrepaTnt statements, it is possible that Aehan refers to the 

 Common Mynah, Acridoiheres trisiis, the Talking Mynah, Gracula 

 religiosa, or allied species. Hind, sarak or shdrak ; Temple, Ind. Antiq. 

 1882, p. 291 ; Val. Ball, ib. 1885, p. 305; cf. Lassen, Ind. Alterth. iii, 

 p. 321 (1858). 



KE'PKNOI- iipa^, rj a\fKTpvoi)V, Hesych. 



KEPKOPil'NOI. An Indian bird, probably identical with KcpKiui', 

 Ael. XV. 14. 



KE'PKOI' oKeKTpvwv, Hesych. 



KEPXNH'I. Vide s.v. Keyxpriis. 



KH'AAZ. Cf. Hind. Harge/a. An Indian bird ; the Adjutant, Lep- 

 ioptilus argala, L. See Val. Ball, Ind. Antiq. xiv. p. 305, 1885. 



Ael. xvi. 4 TO peyedos TpnrXdaiov aTidos, koi to crTopa yfvvalov Sftrwr, 

 Koi paKpa TO. arKeXr]. (pepa. 8e tov irpijyopeava koi fK(luoi> peyiaTou, Trpocrep.- 

 4>fpri K(opvKco, (fiSeypa Se e^d Kal p.dXa anrj^es, Kal ttjv pev aWrju TTTikaxrlv 

 f(TTi Te(pp6s, Tas 8e nrepvyai tiKpas (o^pos eVri. 



KH'=. An unknown sea-bird. Probably the same word as Kaua|, 

 KT]ii|. In Hesych. KaKa, probably for koko, k^ku. 



Od. XV. 479 ai/rXo) S' ifdoviTi](rf neaova ws (tvaKirj Kr)^. Cf. Schol. opveov 



